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Smart materials

A smart material is a whole layer stack — fills, masks, generators and all — saved as a reusable asset. Build a great metal or wood once, then drop it onto any model.

Capture

Save the current layers as a smart material; it appears in the Shelf's Smart Materials tab. TODO: exact capture command + what's included.

Apply

Drag a smart material from the Shelf onto the model (or the layer stack) to add its layers. Channels are remapped to the target set, so a material made for one mesh works on another. TODO: confirm apply targets.

Manage

Rename, delete, and re-thumbnail smart materials in the Shelf. The library is portable, so materials carry between projects. TODO: where the library lives + import/export.